Breat Pain after 1 year

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Colleen103
Colleen103 Member Posts: 3
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I was diagnosed with IDC (Breast Cancer) in December of 2014 and in February of 2015 I had a Lumpectomy and Radiation but no Chemo.  After surgery and radiation my entire breast is very tender and very sore even after 1 year I continue to have pain.  I have asked both the surgeon and the radiologist and the only thing that they can tell me is either "I don't know" or "It may be caused by the radiation"  Has anyone had this experience and will this pain ever go away or is it something that I just have to get use to?

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  • disneyfan2008
    disneyfan2008 Member Posts: 6,583 Member
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    i have had 2 lumpectomies

    i have had 2 lumpectomies (same side) and radation once.

     

    I am numb and have pain on that side...

    to the simple touch, I feel it but not like the other side..but if i lean on somehting or my grandkids run up and bump me etc..I am sore (mildly)

     

    This if since 2008!

     

    Denise

     

  • Puffin2014
    Puffin2014 Member Posts: 531 Member
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    breast pain

    Mine doesn't hurt when I'm just sitting here, but if I touch my breast on that side it hurts, sometimes REALLY hurts. Surgeon said it's been over a year and what is will be and that's just how it goes. So doing my monthly breast exams hurts.

  • VickiSam
    VickiSam Member Posts: 9,079 Member
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    Puffin2014 said:

    breast pain

    Mine doesn't hurt when I'm just sitting here, but if I touch my breast on that side it hurts, sometimes REALLY hurts. Surgeon said it's been over a year and what is will be and that's just how it goes. So doing my monthly breast exams hurts.

    Please check with your doctor

    normal or unusual??  it is worth a piece of mind to double check this out ..

    please update is when time permit.

    Vicki Sam

     

  • Double Whammy
    Double Whammy Member Posts: 2,832 Member
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    VickiSam said:

    Please check with your doctor

    normal or unusual??  it is worth a piece of mind to double check this out ..

    please update is when time permit.

    Vicki Sam

     

    Me too

    I had surgery and radiation in 2010.  For many years, that breast was tender and sore.  It felt like a premenstrual boob.  Today I still think it's sort of tender, but that may all be in my head.  Tell your oncologist at your next visit, tho.  Mine said it was probably from the radiation, but you know how they always like to blame the other guy.  It was not from cancer, tho!!!

    Suzanne

  • Colleen103
    Colleen103 Member Posts: 3
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    VickiSam said:

    Please check with your doctor

    normal or unusual??  it is worth a piece of mind to double check this out ..

    please update is when time permit.

    Vicki Sam

     

    I have cheded with my Suergon

    I have cheded with my Suergon and he says "I don't know"  then he tell me that we can dfo a mastectomy, like that is something I want to do.  My momagram was normal.  But I contuine to have pain in my breast.

  • cinnamonsmile
    cinnamonsmile Member Posts: 1,187 Member
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    Colleen103 said:

    I have cheded with my Suergon

    I have cheded with my Suergon and he says "I don't know"  then he tell me that we can dfo a mastectomy, like that is something I want to do.  My momagram was normal.  But I contuine to have pain in my breast.

    Just wondering on the side

    Just wondering on the side you had the lumpectomy, did you have any lyphmnodes removed?

    Can you describe your pain? Is it burning, throbbing,numbness,  electric shocks,feel like you have been punched?

    Have you seen a pain specialist? I see one for pain from my bmx with node removal pain issues. My pain doctors have said that they see lots of breast cancer patients.

  • ppurdin
    ppurdin Member Posts: 1,181
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    Pain

    it's been over 6 yrs. for me.And if I hit up against something it still hurts.I found out on my first mambo since Cancer that I still have staples they left in.ai ask Dr. About it and she said They did so they knew where the Cancer had been.I think that causes the pain.

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